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Re: can't maximize emacs at startup


From: Pascal J. Bourguignon
Subject: Re: can't maximize emacs at startup
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:10:13 -0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) Emacs/23.1 (darwin)

Jean Felder <jean.felder@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm currently using emacs 23.2 on debian sid.
>
> I like starting emacs maximized using a trick from fvwm
> ( http://fvwmwiki.xteddy.org/cookbook/#index3h2 )
> This feature works fine with emacs 23.1 .
> However, since I've upgraded from emacs 23.1 to 23.2, it doesn't work
> anymore : emacs doesn't start maximized.
>
> In fact, I'm launching emacs daemon at startup with the command "emacs 
> --daemon"
> Then, I'm using "emacsclient -c"
> The first time, I'm using emacsclient, the window is launched but not 
> maximized.
> The second time, everything works fine : the second window is maximized.
>
> It seems that the first time, the window size is reset. Is this some
> kind of side effect
> from a change from 23.1 to 23.2 ?
>
> Does anyone have any ideas ?

Emacs itself sets its frame size, from the default-frame-alist.
And you may have a set-frame-size form in your ~/.emacs file.

Actually, my solution is to use ratpoison (or a similar window
manager).  Then I don't have to bother with window sizes anymore.

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__
http://www.informatimago.com


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